Cruising is the greatest experience in the world! OK, so that's dramatic, but after the enjoyable time we had on the Celebrity Infinity, they really did their best to prove me right. I'll be hard pressed to find any con's in my list of pro's and con's, but I'll come up with something. To describe ourselves, we are both holding onto our 40's (tightly), have no children, and this was our 25th cruise overall, the eighth with Celebrity.

PRE-CRUISE: We arrived in Seattle on Thursday night for the Friday sail away and stayed at the Sleep Inn near Sea-Tac airport. They offer a free shuttle from the airport to the hotel. The hotel itself was very nice, and highly rated by users of Trip Advisor, which is why we chose it. Great rate, decent breakfast, and it's right next to an IHOP. The only downside is that there isn't much else nearby (walking distance), but if you need to run to a convenience store, they offer their shuttle for that too. Great place!

EMBARKATION: Not bad but not great, and not Celebrity's fault. Since we live in SW-FLA, we've been spoiled by taking many cruises that leave from Ft. Lauderdale or Miami. At both ports, there are about as many porters as there are cruisers, making embarkation pretty smooth. In Seattle, not so much. Actually, I'm not sure if there were many at all. That made things hectic for embarkation. We arrived at the port early (11-ish) and actually had to wait to board the ship (11:45), but getting checked in was quite smooth. Read more